Alcohol preference and sensitivity are markedly reduced in mice lacking dopamine D2 receptors

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 1, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 610-615

  Phillips, Tamara J ^a,b   Brown, Kelly J ^b   Burkhart Kasch, Sue ^b   Wenger, Charlotte D ^a,b   Kelly, Michele A ^b   Rubinstein, Marcelo ^c   Grandy, David K ^b   Low, Malcolm J ^b  

^a PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Oregon Health Sciences University ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

8 CHLORO 2,3,4,5 TETRAHYDRO 3 METHYL 5 PHENYL 1H 3 BENZAZEPIN 7 OL HYDROGEN MALEATE; ALCOHOL; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CONGENIC STRAIN; DECISION MAKING; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RESISTANCE; FEMALE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOUSE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

(R)-2,3,4,5-TETRAHYDRO-8-CHLORO-3-METHYL-5-PHENYL-1H-3-BENZAZEPIN-7-OL; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, CONGENIC; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DOPAMINE ANTAGONISTS; DRUG RESISTANCE; ETHANOL; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D2;

EID: 0032200291     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/2843     Document Type: Article

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